Chapter 1123 Roosevelt's Death 8

"Mr. President, it is such a pleasure to see you in good health."

William Leahy, Chief of Staff to the President of the United States, had just returned to Washington. He didn't even return home and went directly to the White House to meet with President Franklin Roosevelt, who looked very unhealthy.

Roosevelt was still lying in bed, which was the doctor's order - there were no treatments for stroke in these days, and bed rest was probably the only way to relieve the condition.

"Hi, William." Roosevelt weakly waved to the visiting William Leahy.

"Admiral." Hopkins, who was staying with Roosevelt, stood up and shook hands with the dusty general.

"How is the situation in the Hawaiian Islands?" Roosevelt asked. "Can we win in the short term?"

"There's some hope." Admiral Leahy replied. "The Japanese have actually given up there...The Japanese troops in the Hawaiian Islands have not received any reinforcements for a long time. The situation is similar in the South Pacific. The Japanese troops stationed there The Japanese army is starving. Logistics and transportation have been completely cut off. No Japanese ships can be seen on the sea, and there is no trace of Japanese aircraft in the sky."

"Is this because they are in a bitter war on the continent?" Roosevelt asked.

"Not entirely," William Leahy shook his head, "I think the lack of oil is the main reason. Our continuous bombing of Southeast Asian oil fields and the activities of U.S. and Soviet submarines have achieved very good results.

The confirmed tonnage sunk in June exceeded 250,000 tons. In July and August, due to the addition of the Soviet Navy, the tonnage sunk exceeded 350,000 tons. If the results of naval mines are taken into account, the Japanese have lost at least more than 1 million tons of merchant ships in the three months from June to now. In fact, they have been defeated by us! "

"Defeating the enemy, but having no way to gain victory!" Roosevelt smiled bitterly, "This is probably the most helpless thing in the world, right?"

William Leahy suggested: "President, if we can make peace with Europe, we may still have a chance to defeat Japan."

His opinions represent the opinions of US military generals on the Pacific battlefield, and are also very popular in the United States. If Germany can withdraw from South America, it may be possible to end the war in the Atlantic direction with a loss of tens of billions of dollars.

But Japan must be completely defeated!

"We should make peace with Japan!" Roosevelt said to William Leahy, "As long as they are willing to return the Hawaiian Islands and the Aleutian Islands to the United States."

William Leahy nodded, "Is it to concentrate on dealing with Germany?"

Although the Japanese were relatively hated, many "rational" Americans still realized that the European Community ruled by Germany was the biggest enemy of the United States. So William Leahy was not too surprised by "Heri".

Roosevelt shook his head and said: "I am afraid I will disappoint many people this time, because I neither intend to destroy Japan nor have the ability to defeat Germany... What the United States needs now is a complete version of peace, at peace with all countries. Until we have atomic bombs and missiles that can protect ourselves."

Roosevelt's calculation was very precise, because the results of the Bermuda Battle had shown that the United States could not defeat Germany at all.

And if you can't defeat Germany, then there is no point in defeating Japan. Because it is impossible for the Japanese to change their black hair and yellow skin, and it is impossible for them to become blond Aryans!

When the war between Japan and the Soviet Union broke out, German-controlled White Russia immediately negotiated peace with Soviet Russia, which also explained Germany's attitude towards Japan - the Japanese were inferior to the Slavs in the world structure led by Germany.

So in the future world, Japan and the United States actually have a common enemy! Therefore, leaving a Japan that occupies Southeast Asia and has a powerful navy will be a trouble for Germany, not the United States.

Roosevelt glanced at William Leahy, who was frowning slightly, and continued: "Mussolini will visit in a few days, and I will discuss the US-Japanese peace talks and US-European peace talks with him in person. And here Previously, I hoped to use B-29 bombers to launch air strikes on Iceland and the island of Ireland."

"What?" William Leahy was stunned for a moment, "Mr. President... you just said you wanted peace talks and at the same time bombed Ireland?"

"Yes." Roosevelt nodded. "Air strikes on the European mainland are a necessary condition for the success of the peace talks."

can you?

William Leahy was stunned for a while, and then hesitantly said to Roosevelt: "Mr. President, there is a straight-line distance of about 3,200 kilometers from Newfoundland to Ireland. Although the B-29 can fly a round trip, it cannot carry it. How many bombs, and Ireland is not German territory..."

"I know," Roosevelt interrupted William Leahy, "but bombing mainland Europe can bring us peace."

William Leahy shook his head. He also felt that Roosevelt might be confused.

"Mr. President, the bombing of the European mainland is unlikely to bring peace. I am afraid that it will only bring crazy revenge from Germany! Our big cities are likely to become the targets of various German missile attacks! There will be sky-blocking Japanese missiles are flying towards New York, Boston and Washington!”

Roosevelt smiled helplessly and said: "Admiral, if there were no blinding missiles flying over, would the American people and Wall Street agree to pay approximately $200 billion in reparations?"

"Mr. President..." William Leahy was almost stunned by Roosevelt's remarks, and just stared at the American president in a daze.

Roosevelt continued slowly: "Admiral, I think you must understand the current situation of the United States better than me, but you are unwilling to admit it.

The United States is failing, and the reason for the failure of the United States is not that the American soldiers are not brave enough, nor that the American generals cannot command, but the backwardness of science and technology! Because Germany ruled Europe and then mastered most of Europe's scientific research strength, their research and development capabilities are currently far superior to the United States. So the gap between us and Germany is not narrowing but widening now."

The American president sighed: "Admiral, in 1942, the German remote-controlled missiles still dragged a wire and could only attack targets a few thousand meters away. Target, and can't fly too fast. But now, the Germans already have rocket-propelled missiles that can hit hundreds of kilometers away. And we... haven't even made missiles that can be truly remote-controlled by wireless!

Don't you understand yet? The delay of the war will not bring a turning point for the United States, but will only further widen the gap between us and Germany. So it is really beneficial to the United States to seek peace as soon as possible! ”

Historically, the United States's advanced technology has surpassed Europe in all aspects due to World War II. Not only did a large number of scientists flee to the United States because they were Jewish, but Britain also gave a lot of technology to the United States for free, and most of Germany's scientific and technological wealth after the defeat was occupied by the United States.

Now, Americans are not so lucky. Not only did not many European Jewish scientists run to the United States, but even the technology from Britain was interrupted from the second quarter of 1943.

On the other hand, Germany, because it had settled the British mainland in 1943, obtained almost all of the cutting-edge technology mastered by Britain - although Germany also had similar technology, the technical routes taken by both sides were not necessarily the same, and there were considerable differences in the process of development. Therefore, British technical information can provide many useful references for German research departments, thereby accelerating technological progress.

So starting from 1943, in many cutting-edge technology fields, the gap between the United States and Germany not only did not narrow, but widened. After the Battle of Bermuda, Roosevelt had already realized that the delay of the war was extremely disadvantageous to the United States, so he made up his mind to end the war during his term rather than pay huge reparations.

And in order for the American people and Wall Street to accept the reality of defeat, it is very necessary to suffer more missile bombings...

After fully understanding Roosevelt's intentions, Admiral William Leahy was so shocked that he couldn't even say a word.

There was a dead silence in Roosevelt's ward.

"Admiral," I don't know how long it took, or Hopkins broke the silence, "I think you fully understand the president's painstaking efforts?"

William Leahy nodded silently.

"We can't win, right?"

"We can't win, but the enemy can't completely conquer the United States!" William Leahy replied.

Defeat in the Atlantic does not mean that the United States is unable to defeat the invaders on its own. The United States is now a fully mobilized country with a population of more than 100 million and the world's most powerful industrial production capacity. It is entirely possible to arm an army of more than 20 million people!

"Do they need to completely conquer us?" Roosevelt asked.

"They..." William Leahy shook his head painfully.

Roosevelt smiled bitterly and said, "The Germans' goal is not to conquer the United States... What they want is the right to print money, the right to print money for the whole world! This can only be achieved by defeating the United States. If we are unwilling to hand over gold, they can also obtain the right to print money. Just defeat us with atomic bombs, bomb major cities on the East Coast, and force us to use all our air power to protect ourselves. Then we can easily seize Canada and the Caribbean Islands, and maybe even Central America.

At that time, the United States will be completely blocked on its homeland, and the whole world will know that the United States has been completely defeated. And the paper money issued by a completely defeated country... is waste paper to the whole world."

"I understand." William Leahy nodded, his face full of pain and helplessness.

Roosevelt waved his hand. "It's nothing... There's no harm in achieving peace sooner. Although we lost $200 billion, North America is still ours, so it's not a very ugly loss." His tone suddenly became serious. "But not many people can understand us, so the three of us just need to know the truth about this matter. Got it?"